Headphone SMS

Headphone SMS

Listen to your text messages or Caller ID on the go! With Headphone SMS, incoming messages will be read to you by the text-to-speech (TTS) engine through your headphones. It will also announce who is calling.

This SMS reader is great for biking, running, or driving. Unlike other apps, this will only read the messages if your headphones or bluetooth are on. You never have to worry about forgetting to turn it on or off, never any embarrassing messages over the loudspeaker. It will also automatically mute your music while the message is read so it can be heard clearly.

For more control you can have the app stop reading messages temporarily with a widget, or tell it to always read regardless of whether headphones are plugged in in the settings.

Explanation of some required permissions:Modify Audio Settings - Allow users to override system volume settings, route sound only to headphones.Read Contacts - Allows the app to match incoming phone numbers to the contacts' names.Read Phone State - When announcing caller ID, this allows the app to know when you have picked up or hung up the call.

If you are having trouble, please contact me directly before leaving comments. I cannot fix the problem if I do not have any details.

Recent changes:*If you would like to help translate the app to your language please contact the developer*

Version 1.7:- Fix interoperability with other SMS apps. This should now work with Handcent, SMS Popup, Sliding Messaging, and others.- Added German (Danke Stefan Huber!), and partial Russian translations.

Listen to your text messages or Caller ID on the go! With Headphone SMS, incoming messages will be read to you by the text-to-speech (TTS) engine through your headphones. It will also announce who is calling.

This SMS reader is great for biking, running, or driving. Unlike other apps, this will only read the messages if your headphones or bluetooth are on. You never have to worry about forgetting to turn it on or off, never any embarrassing messages over the loudspeaker. It will also automatically mute your music while the message is read so it can be heard clearly.

For more control you can have the app stop reading messages temporarily with a widget, or tell it to always read regardless of whether headphones are plugged in in the settings.

Explanation of some required permissions:Modify Audio Settings - Allow users to override system volume settings, route sound only to headphones.Read Contacts - Allows the app to match incoming phone numbers to the contacts' names.Read Phone State - When announcing caller ID, this allows the app to know when you have picked up or hung up the call.

If you are having trouble, please contact me directly before leaving comments. I cannot fix the problem if I do not have any details.

Recent changes:*If you would like to help translate the app to your language please contact the developer*

Version 1.7:- Fix interoperability with other SMS apps. This should now work with Handcent, SMS Popup, Sliding Messaging, and others.- Added German (Danke Stefan Huber!), and partial Russian translations.

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A Google UserMar 21, 2015

App just works.

A Google UserMar 18, 2015

Volume would be different every time. The volume would change every time it read a text. If I were watching Hulu, it would some how mute it between videos. It wouldn't work while listening to Pandora.

A Google UserMar 6, 2015

Wonderful! This does exactly what it's supposed to without annoying ads! No problem with this at all!

A Google UserFeb 7, 2015

Used to love Glitches my volume too often I'm forced to restart to get sound back.